Author: Peter J. Kuznick
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1560988959
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
This anthology of essays questions many widespread assumptions about the culture of postwar America. Illuminating the origins and development of the many threads that constituted American culture during the Cold War, the contributors challenge the existence of a monolithic culture during the 1950s and thereafter. They demonstrate instead that there was more to American society than conformity, political conservatism, consumerism, and middle-class values. By examining popular culture, politics, economics, gender relations, and civil rights, the contributors contend that, while there was little fundamentally new about American culture in the Cold War era, the Cold War shaped and distorted virtually every aspect of American life. Interacting with long-term historical trends related to demographics, technological change, and economic cycles, four new elements dramatically influenced American politics and culture: the threat of nuclear annihilation, the use of surrogate and covert warfare, the intensification of anticommunist ideology, and the rise of a powerful military-industrial complex. This provocative dialogue by leading historians promises to reshape readers' understanding of America during the Cold War, revealing a complex interplay of historical norms and political influences.
Rethinking Cold War Culture
Liberty and Justice for All?
Author: Kathleen G. Donohue
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
ISBN: 155849913X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
A wide-ranging exploration of the culture of American politics in the early decades of the Cold War
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
ISBN: 155849913X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
A wide-ranging exploration of the culture of American politics in the early decades of the Cold War
Rethinking the Cold War
Author: Allen Hunter
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439904561
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A path-breaking collection of essays by cutting-edge authors that reassess the Cold War since the fall of communism.
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439904561
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A path-breaking collection of essays by cutting-edge authors that reassess the Cold War since the fall of communism.
The Human Factor
Author: Archie Brown
Publisher:
ISBN: 0198748701
Category : Cold War
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
The Human Factor tells the dramatic story about the part played by political leaders - particularly the three very different personalities of Gorbachev, Reagan and Thatcher - in ending the standoff that threatened the future of all humanity
Publisher:
ISBN: 0198748701
Category : Cold War
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
The Human Factor tells the dramatic story about the part played by political leaders - particularly the three very different personalities of Gorbachev, Reagan and Thatcher - in ending the standoff that threatened the future of all humanity
We Now Know
Author: John Lewis Gaddis
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
One of America's leading historians offers the first major history of the Cold War. Packed with new information drawn from previously unavailable sources, the book offers major reassessments of Stalin, Mao, Khrushchev, Kennedy, Eisenhower, and Truman.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
One of America's leading historians offers the first major history of the Cold War. Packed with new information drawn from previously unavailable sources, the book offers major reassessments of Stalin, Mao, Khrushchev, Kennedy, Eisenhower, and Truman.
Rethinking Cold War Culture
Author: Peter J. Kuznick
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588344150
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
This anthology of essays questions many widespread assumptions about the culture of postwar America. Illuminating the origins and development of the many threads that constituted American culture during the Cold War, the contributors challenge the existence of a monolithic culture during the 1950s and thereafter. They demonstrate instead that there was more to American society than conformity, political conservatism, consumerism, and middle-class values. By examining popular culture, politics, economics, gender relations, and civil rights, the contributors contend that, while there was little fundamentally new about American culture in the Cold War era, the Cold War shaped and distorted virtually every aspect of American life. Interacting with long-term historical trends related to demographics, technological change, and economic cycles, four new elements dramatically influenced American politics and culture: the threat of nuclear annihilation, the use of surrogate and covert warfare, the intensification of anticommunist ideology, and the rise of a powerful military-industrial complex. This provocative dialogue by leading historians promises to reshape readers' understanding of America during the Cold War, revealing a complex interplay of historical norms and political influences.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588344150
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
This anthology of essays questions many widespread assumptions about the culture of postwar America. Illuminating the origins and development of the many threads that constituted American culture during the Cold War, the contributors challenge the existence of a monolithic culture during the 1950s and thereafter. They demonstrate instead that there was more to American society than conformity, political conservatism, consumerism, and middle-class values. By examining popular culture, politics, economics, gender relations, and civil rights, the contributors contend that, while there was little fundamentally new about American culture in the Cold War era, the Cold War shaped and distorted virtually every aspect of American life. Interacting with long-term historical trends related to demographics, technological change, and economic cycles, four new elements dramatically influenced American politics and culture: the threat of nuclear annihilation, the use of surrogate and covert warfare, the intensification of anticommunist ideology, and the rise of a powerful military-industrial complex. This provocative dialogue by leading historians promises to reshape readers' understanding of America during the Cold War, revealing a complex interplay of historical norms and political influences.
Rethinking Camelot
Author: Noam Chomsky
Publisher: Haymarket Books
ISBN: 1608464032
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Explores JFK’s role in US invasion of Vietnam and a reflects on the political culture that encouraged the Cold War.
Publisher: Haymarket Books
ISBN: 1608464032
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Explores JFK’s role in US invasion of Vietnam and a reflects on the political culture that encouraged the Cold War.
Cold War on the Home Front
Author: Greg Castillo
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816646910
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Greg Castillo presents an illustrated history of the persuasive impact of model homes, appliances, and furniture in Cold War propaganda.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816646910
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Greg Castillo presents an illustrated history of the persuasive impact of model homes, appliances, and furniture in Cold War propaganda.
American Literature and Culture in an Age of Cold War
Author: Steven Belletto
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1609381130
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Authors and artists discussed include: Joseph Conrad, Edwin Denby, Joan Didion, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Allen Ginsberg, Frank Berbert, Richard Kim, Norman Mailer, Malcolm X, Alan Nadel, and John Updike,
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1609381130
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Authors and artists discussed include: Joseph Conrad, Edwin Denby, Joan Didion, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Allen Ginsberg, Frank Berbert, Richard Kim, Norman Mailer, Malcolm X, Alan Nadel, and John Updike,
Breaking Down Bipolarity
Author: Martin Previšić
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110658976
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This book is aimed at presenting fresh views, interpretations, and reinterpretations of some already researched issues relating to the Yugoslav foreign policy and international relations up to year 1991. Yugoslavia positioned itself as a communist state that was not under the heel of the Soviet diplomacy and policy and as such was perceived by the West as an acceptable partner and useful tool in counteracting the Soviet influence.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110658976
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This book is aimed at presenting fresh views, interpretations, and reinterpretations of some already researched issues relating to the Yugoslav foreign policy and international relations up to year 1991. Yugoslavia positioned itself as a communist state that was not under the heel of the Soviet diplomacy and policy and as such was perceived by the West as an acceptable partner and useful tool in counteracting the Soviet influence.